Richard Gere in rare sighting in Europe after quitting Hollywood

The former leading man popped up in a rare sighting after leaving Los Angeles to start a new life overseas.

Richard Gere is adjusting well to life abroad.

The Runaway Bride actor, 75, was seen Tuesday on a solo outing in Madrid where he and his family now live.

Gere stepped out in a black jacket with a zip-up grey hoodie and grey jogger pants. He also wore a white baseball cap that covered his signature white hair, reports the New York Post.

The Chicago star visited the store GAES, a company that specialises in hearing aids and audiology services.

The Hollywood icon moved from the US to Spain with his wife, Alejandra Silva, and their sons Alexander, 5, and James, 4, last year.

Gere was spotted running errands in Madrid after quitting Hollywood. Picture: Backgrid Australia

He made an appearance at the Goya Cinema Awards 2025 at the Granada Conference & Exhibition Centre last week in Spain. Picture: Pablo Cuadra/Getty Images

The family sold their sprawling $10.8 million mansion in Connecticut before they relocated to Silva’s home country.

“We are happier than ever,” Gere said about the move in an interview with Elle España last month.

“She, because she is at home and I because, if she is happy, I am happy,” Gere added about his wife.

He was smiling as he picked something up from the audiology story. Picture: Backgrid Australia

Gere has revealed how “happy” the family is since relocating. Picture: Backgrid Australia

Silva, who met the legendary actor in 2014 at a hotel in Positano, Italy, explained in the interview that the couple was also drawn to Spain for humanitarian reasons.

“The only reason why both Richard and I are here in Madrid is to be part of the board of the NGO Hogar Sí,” she shared. “We want to help this country to end homelessness. Our goal is that, within five years, no one sleeps on the street.”

He famously starred opposite Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman.

Gere expressed his excitement about their move on The Tonight Show in November.

“My wife is Spanish and she gave me about seven years here, and so we’re going to spend some years in Madrid,” he shared. “Our kids are bilingual, so they’re going to flourish there.”

The Pretty Woman star is dad to son Homer, 24, from his marriage to Carey Lowell. Silva, meanwhile, has an 11-year-old son, Albert, from a prior marriage.

This past weekend, Gere made a public appearance at Spain’s Goya Awards where he received the International Award and expressed gratitude for being in the “world of telling stories” and recognised the “thousands of people it takes to make a movie,” according to Deadline.

He also spoke to the press about the “profound experience” that comes with watching movies.

“Leaving your house, you can’t pause the film or leave it for tomorrow. Being with strangers in the dark watching a film … Anything that takes us away from that magic means that we are losing something that is in our basic DNA as human beings,” he said.

This article originally appeared in the New York Post and was reproduced with permission.